Albreta Moore Smith
Albreta Moore Smith was an American writer, stenographer, and club woman. Smith founded the Colored Women's Business Club of Chicago, the first incorporated African American women's business club. She was also known as Albreta Moore–Smith, Alberta Moore Smith, Albreta Covington, and Alberta Covington.
Life and career
Albreta Moore was born c. 1875 in Illinois. She was a correspondent in the early 20th century for The Colored American Magazine. She had also published work in Chicago newspapers.Smith founded the first incorporated African American women's business club in 1900, the Colored Women's Business Club of Chicago. Smith served as an officer of the National Negro Business League, founded by Booker T. Washington. She was the president of the South End Children's Aid Society in Chicago; and also president of The Women's Service League.
In her later life, Smith worked as a probation officer, retiring in 1941.